The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-17

AV ENGE %
The AN NARCHISTS
PAY the PENA Atty
OTHER CRIME
Against SOCIETY
ON THE GALLONS!

The fate Of the Anarchists has been
settled. Lining cheated the gailows |
by committing suicide in his cell; Gov. |
Og!esby commuted the sentence of
Sehwab aud Fielden to life imprison-
ment. and the other four. Spies. Par
.ens, Engel and Fischer wers hanged
at IL: ; p. M, Friday.
The fortitude Of the fsur men did
not fo.sake them in the supreme cri.
sis. The same f0rtitude or bravado
characteristic of their demeanor all
through their trial and subsequent
confinement under sentence of death,
enabled them TO step firmly upon the
drop which in a moment was to open
and usher them into eternity. Such
fortitude is worthy nobler opportu
ty in which 10 manifest itself, even
admitting their sincerity in the advo
cacy of a heresy whose legitimate re
suits are only violence and blOodshed.
At precisely l0:45 the doomed men
were brought out of their cells, and
| the sheriff proceeded to read the IL ath
warrants to them. At 1883 the four
culprits We're arranged in order for The
death march to the scaffold, and at 1857
| the reporters were admitted into the
| iaii corridor to accompany the sOlem n
procession to the scaffold in the east
end of the same.
| At 1I:23 the Sheriff began reading
| the death warrants. The warrant was
! read to Epies first. He listened to the
reading with dignified silence. Then
Fischer's was read to him. At ll:40
the Sheriff began reading the death
! warrant TO Parsons; mean time, the
Deputies proceeded to put the shroud
on Engel Atli;40 the Sheriff finish
ed reading the death warrants, and
folding the messages, held them in his
hand, looked anxiously about him, as
if half hesitatingly, half regretting to
proceed. Then the death march to
the scaffold was begun. At ll:4S the
doomed men were in their shrOuds
and bidding goodbye to those of their
tac9uaiptances among the deputies and
Ijaii officials.
After the black cap was over Par
sons face he said: "May be GLOW
ed to speak? On! the shamelessness
of strangling free speech ~
On the scaffold, while the caps were
being adjusted, spies said: = My 81
lence is more terrible than anything
can say"
Fischer then, In rather loud voice,
said This is the happiest moment
of my life. Hurrah for anarchy"
Parsons was the last TO speak, OF
rather, to attempt to speak. just as
the Sheriff touched the lever which
launched the four souls into eternity,
IT :" escaped from his lips, whice we're
closed in an eternal silence ere the
: completion of the sentence.
i 1t is estimated that from 10000 to
Ii, 600 were in the neighborhood. EN-
bracing slmost every grade of society
and every nationality. The crowds
filled the streets So completely that
it was almost impossible to get throue b
and business Was nearly wholly sGa
pended.
THE LAST HOURS.
At 10 O'Clock two dispa cbes' were
taken to Parsons. just as the dis tteh.
es had been taken in, the sunid, ol
singing, in cultural voice. broke upon
; the ears OF those gathered in tie office
n an Instant all was as still a. death
The voice was that q! Fischer, auI ht
was standing at his cell door, singing
the hlarseillaise ~tih all the si: en- gth
smile upon his face, not one o; oyni.
clsnl. but hearty, open faced smile
as that of man who was entering
! heart and soul into the sentiment ol
, the words he was singing. lie saag
two siauZas of the famous song of the
French Revolution, and then subsi.
ded. None of his comrades Joined in
| The chorus. although tn. faces of Par
sons and Spies frightened up, and
they listened intently until the netes
had died away. Schwab, who, many
time in days gone by, had joined IN
the chorus at the meetings of the In
ternational, was considerably exercis
ed by the episode, and paced up and
down his cell with energy. Fischer
, talked with his death watch, and said
last night he dreamed of Germany
and his happy childhood's home. JusI
, then loud noise was heard. 1t was
a deputy testing the scaffold with sand
bags. Engel came to the door of his
cell, He knew what the sound meant
aud winked at his death watch. Rev
DIR. Bolton visited the 'cells, but from
none of the condemn ned Jid he receive
word of encouragement "Whe.
get to heaven, I'll put in q good word
for Bill atoble," said Fischer to his
death watch. Stoble, one of the pris
on n ,rds, had been very kind to the
condemned man Spies lighted an.
other cigar, aud showed no sign oi
nervousness. At 10:50 County physi
clan Meyer took his leave of the men
! to whose health he had been daily
J miDistering for the p;ist seventeen
months. All of them shook him by
the band, but not one of them dis
played the slightest emotion. From
1880 10 II o'clock Spies occupied him.
) self in reading paper. while the 9th.
ers paced up and down their cells
stopping at every turn to look out
through the bars like Gagged animals